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Acting more Australian to foreigners for a laugh only to realise I'm being less Australian than I would be with other Australians. (lemm.ee)
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Sometimes I try to play up the Australian accent/stereotype to foreigners for a bit of a laugh, only to then get in to a conversation with other Australians and realise I was actually playing it down.

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[–] selfcleaningtaint@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Born and raised in Perth so have been told I sound British. When I used to game online I was often told I don't sound Australian and would then go into what I thought was proper Ocker only to have Australian friends call me out for sounding like a Brit imitating crocodile Dundee...

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I grew up in rural NSW and I’ve been called British, New Zealand, American, South African. 🤨

I felt better when I visited friends in the US and ran into some mates from Perth who’d been there a few months and they said “it’s so good to hear an Australian voice again”.

And one of their new US friends heard me talking and were like “oh my God another Australian!”

So it seems to be just people in Melbourne and Sydney can’t pick my accent.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I know that NSW means New South Wales, but I can only read it as North South West. Before I learned what it actually meant, that was very confusing.